/*
     Copyright (C) 2011 Benny Mackney

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#include "Timer.h"

Timer::Timer()
{
    //Initialize the variables
    startTicks = 0;
    started = false;
}

void Timer::start()
{
    //SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_TIMER);
    //Start the timer
    started = true;

    //Get the current clock time
    startTicks = SDL_GetTicks();
}

void Timer::stop()
{
    //Stop the timer
    started = false;
}

int Timer::get_ticks()
{
    //If the timer is running
    if( started == true )
    {
        return SDL_GetTicks() - startTicks;
    }

    //If the timer isn't running
    return 0;
}

bool Timer::is_started()
{
    return started;
}